AUGUST 2, 2018 CALIFORNIA 7502B Florence Ave, OWLINGDowney, CA 90240 • Website: CaliforniaBowlingNews.com • Email: [email protected] N • Office:EWS (562) 807-3600 Fax: (562) 807-2288 Al Schnakenberg Wichita State’s Wesley Low Jr. Wins 1931 - 2018 2018 PBA Billy Welu Scholarship Award CHICAGO – Combin- ing scholastic excellence with outstanding achieve- ments in bowling, the Pro- fessional Bowlers Associa- tion has announced Wichita State University Shocker bowler and five-time Junior Team USA member Wesley Low Jr. as the winner of the 2018 PBA Billy Welu Scholarship Award. Entering his senior year at Wichita State with a 3.66 grade point average, Low, a native of Palmdale, Ca- lif., is majoring in business management and has been a member of the Dean’s list for the past two years. “As a collegiate bowl- 2018 PBA Billy Welu Scholarship Award Winner Wesley Low Jr. er I’ve met a lot of great said the 21-year-old Low. education with my passion I want to eventually pursue bowlers who are also good “I feel very fortunate to for bowling at a high level. a career in the bowling in- by Steve Schnakenberg people, so to be able to win be a Wichita State student “I chose business man- dustry,” Low added. “For WALNUT – Allen Al was stationed in this award is a real honor,” where I can enjoy a great agement as a major because continued on page 5 Schnakenberg was born Tokyo where he was re- April 13, 1931 and passed sponsible for clearing the on July 9, 2018. Born in cryptic messages between Davenport Nebraska where the USA and the front-line EJ Tackett, Liz Johnson Win PBA-PWBA he worked on the fam- commands. He met his ily farm until he graduated future wife while stationed then joined the Air Force in Tokyo and married Ki- Storm Striking Against Breast Cancer in the early days of the Ko- kuko Margaret Suzuki rean War. continued on page 2 Mixed Doubles Title with Dramatic Come-From-Behind Finish HOUSTON, Texas – EJ through 17 games before Tackett of Huntington, Ind., being overtaken by Bel- and Liz Johnson of Pala- monte and Asbaty. Trail- tine, Ill., survived a dra- ing Belmonte and Asbaty New House Record matic final game to win the by 10 pins going into the 19th PBA-PWBA Storm final match, victory in the Striking Against Breast tournament was going to be at Gold Coast Cancer Mixed Doubles title decided by whichever team at Copperfield Bowl Sun- won the game. day, sending Australia’s Thanks in great part to Jason Belmonte and Chi- a bold move by Johnson to cago’s Diandra Asbaty to move to an extreme outside their third straight runner- angle on the left lane while up finish. continuing to play an inside Tackett, PBA’s 2016 angle along with the rest of Player of the Year, and the field on the right lane, Johnson, one of two wom- she gave her team the edge en ever to win a PBA Tour with a 212-192 margin over EJ Tackett & Liz Johnson title, led the tournament continued on page 5 BOWLING NEWS Eugene McCune Wins PBA50 HONOR ROLL Name Score Date Center South Shore Open as “Amateur” ROBERT PELLICCI 300 07-02-18 WINNETKA BOWL HAMMOND, Ind. (July VINCE KOELLER 300 07-03-18 WINNETKA BOWL MASON SHERMAN 809 07-05-18 HARLEYS SIMI BOWL 26, 2018) – Eugene Mc- USA LAS VEGAS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS JOEY SANFORD 300 07-06-18 KEYSTONE LANES Cune of nearby Munster, RICH LAPIEZO 300 07-09-18 PARKWAY BOWL "Spanky" Rosales sets new house record with 300, 279, JOSH ELLIS 300 07-10-18 WINNETKA BOWL Ind., a 31-year member of GREG KENNICK 300 07-11-18 WINNETKA BOWL 300 / 879!! Helps Team Full House Win $15,000 1st RICH LAPIEZO 300 07-12-18 PARKWAY BOWL the Professional Bowlers Place Prize! (L-R) Center Manager Louis Jimenez, Raul THOMAS EVERITT 823 07-18-18 WINNETKA BOWL Association before “retir- RICH LAPIEZO 834/300 07-19-18 PARKWAY BOWL "Spanky" Rosales & Dicki Ward Tournament Organizer. SHAUN HICKS 815/300 07-22-18 HARLEYS CAMARILLO ing” at the end of the 2016 JOHNALAN LINHURST JR 806 07-22-18 KEYSTONE LANES season, won the PBA50 LAMAKI WELCH 810 07-22-18 KEYSTONE LANES MANNY GUADARRAMA 810/300 07-23-18 HARLEYS CAMARILLO South Shore Open present- JUSTIN PLUCHINO 300 07-23-18 WINNETKA BOWL Xframe Bowling Tour "Labor Day" Event TRAVIS SMITH 300 07-25-18 HARLEYS SIMI BOWL ed by Hammer at Olympia RICH LAPIEZO 300 07-26-18 PARKWAY BOWL Lanes Thursday with a con- OAK TREE LANES $5000 1st Guaranteed KEVIN BANAAG 300 07-28-18 KEYSTONE LANES vincing 259-202 victory ATTENTION ALL BOWLERS over leading PBA50 Player Two Big Days ONLY • SEPT 1-2 BOWL AN HONOR SCORE THIS MONTH? E-MAIL IN YOUR NAME, SCORE, DATE & CENTER AND of the Year contender Mi- “This is the first time $3,000 1st Min. Guaranteed • 2nd $1,500 Min. Guarantee YOU WILL BE ON THE FRONT PAGE IN THE NEXT PRINTED EDITION E-MAIL TO: [email protected] chael Haugen Jr. of Phoe- since I retired I’ve bowled Read Article SEE ADS PAGE 6 for Full information MEN: 300 - 800 & 7-10’S WOMEN: 298,299,300, 700+ & 7-10’S nix. continued on page 9 PAGE 2 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM AUGUST 2, 2018 Schnakenberg continued from page 1 TOBY LEE - July’s “King of The Hill” by Frank Weiler, California Bowling Writers REDLANDS – Toby Lee is this month’s EMPIRE BOWL “King of The Hill”. Toby is a seasoned tournament bowler who I expect to be our first repeat champion since TERRY LANKSTER about nine months ago. I also expect Toby to repeat as our crown holder because his book average is the highest in the field and he is known to strike a lot. Time will tell if I’m right. Scores were high during qualifying with the TOP EIGHT qualifiers scoring 847 or better for four games. The Top Eight with their totals follow: 1. Ryan Nelson 982 + 32 (handicap) = 1,014 2. Toby Lee 986 + 0 = 986 3. Jason Nagro 821 + 84 = 905 4. Tom Andres Jr. 839 + 52 = 891 5. Doug Nace 724 + 160 = 884 6. Terry Lankster 861 + 20 = 881 7. David Tempel 736 + 120 = 856 8. Eric Johnson 847 + 0 = 847 Toby Lee out scored top qualifier Ryan Nelson 247 to 179 for the right to challenge reigning “KING OF THE HILL” Joe Dube. In the game for the crown Toby won again, defeating Mister Dube 231 to 166. For the day Toby averaged a solid 244 (scratch). Congratulations to Tournament Director MARK HUGELMAIER for conducting an- other great event and thanks to the BOWLING NEWS for giving these bowlers the rec- ognition they deserve. Upcoming GoBowling Sponsored NASCAR Race Name One Thing About Bowling National Bowling Day 2018 is coming up on Sat., You Assume No One Else Knows Aug. 11th. by Carol Mancini National Bowling Day Leonard Ruiz Jr. – Cal Bowl General Manager – “New Week will be kicked off balls carry a higher percentage of strikes. The older the with GoBowling's sponsor- ball, the less the carry.” ship of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Race at Eric Snow – Cal Bowl Assistant Manager – “The aver- (Peggy) and left his service in the Air Force after his second tour of duty. Watkins Glen International age person doesn’t think they are good enough to bowl in They went home to Nebraska and Brunswick Corp. sent The Schnakenberg’s to Southern Cali- Speedway on Sun., Aug. 5. a league.” fornia to open Baldwin Park Bowl. To add to the excite- After a few years there, he was recruited to Five Points Bowl by Carl DiCiola. He was the San Juan Ellison – Cal Bowl Junior Coach and Deskperson – Gabriel Valley Bowler of the Year in 1965-66 and turned down numerous offers from Brunswick ment, some lucky person “If you go over the foul line during a delivery, but don’t and AMF to be sponsored on the PBA Tour, but Al didn’t want to be away from his family and said has a chance to win $10k release the ball, there is no foul.” no to their generous offers. if No. 10, Stewart-Haas He left the bowling business in the early 70’s to enter Transportation Management positions. Racing car, to be driven Carl Labayan – Cal Bowl League Bowler – “Pins used He retired and enjoyed retirement living in Walnut, CA. where he spent his time working for the by Aric Almirola, takes the to be solid wood and weighed up to 3 pounds 11 ounces.” Walnut Sheriff Dept. as a volunteer patrolling the streets of Walnut. He was awarded Volunteer of checkered flag at this race. Carl has rolled over 55 300 games (not sure of the exact the Year by the Los Angeles County Sheriff Dept. numbers). Al is survived by his wife Peggy Schnakenberg, son Steve Schnakenberg, Daughter-in-Law Last day to enter is Aug. 5. Dorcas Schnakenberg and Grandchildren Jasmine Hyland and Sabrina Schnakenberg. Al was laid Go to https://gobowling. Jean Smith – Las Vegas – “My true average??” to rest on July 24, 2018 at Riverside National Cemetery. com/10k Jean, your book is on the way... AUGUST 2, 2018 CALIFORNIABOWLINGNEWS.COM PAGE 3 FUTCH, HATMAKER & WILK Enterby FrankHALL Weiler, California Bowling of Writers FAME 8th LAUGHLIN BLAST! AUGUST 19–22 SENIOR NO–TAP DOUBLES HANDICAP EVENT! $32 PER SQUAD/BRACKETS & RAFFLES For information contact: Joyce Dalton–Jensen (619) 251–9660 SENIOR FRIENDSHIP CLASSIC HANDICAP Left to right: President Mike Raddeman, David Wilk, Toni Futch & Scott Hatmaker TOURNAMENT SAN BERNARDINO – Toni Futch, Scott Hatmaker and David Wilk were inducted into the Citrus Belt Hall of Fame on Saturday.